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1-Year Writing Challenge: Ten Months in
The Reset Month
News of the day: October was a month.
Not a good one, but not a bad one either.
As expected, coming back to Japan in the middle of the month, going to the Polyglot Conference directly and trying to get back to a routine has shown its batch of challenges but I made it through.
So let’s try to understand what happened!
1. Positive aspects
The most positive aspect of the month was probably what should have not even been on the list: I didn’t skip a day.
Work has been crazy and my own schedule was so messed up I barely made it on time to write some days.
But I did succeed and kept on writing and that’s what matters as a writer.
I have had many complicated feelings going through me recently. Some positive, some negative, but all of them have contributed in a way to going back to my own life for introspection.
The task of writing itself has become like second nature and even though there’s a clear difference of quality from article to article, I am experimenting to find who I am and what I believe.
One article which was an interesting experience was about imaginary conversations. It allowed…